Example sentences of "have not [verb] see " in BNC.

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1 He had not wanted to see her once in all the long years .
2 We were glad he had not lived to see four of his sons in Army and Air Force uniform .
3 It is hard to believe that Thucydides when he wrote these words had not lived to see at least the Spartan Thibron 's Asian expedition of 400 .
4 Ludens had found space and time , amid his new sensations , to feel very sorry that he had not gone to see Franca when she had , so unusually , as he realised just afterwards , invited him .
5 Anne felt guilty that she had not attempted to see Kathleen after Ella 's injury .
6 Willing to side with Parliament against Charles I , he had not wished to see the king executed .
7 They had not looked to see whether the police had come into the main road in time to see .
8 I was daft to think that was Cormac 's doing , she thought , but it was partly the reason why she had not tried to see her friend .
9 Strange , Mowbray pondered , that Adam had not come to see them this Christmas .
10 Nora had not needed to see the child in order to understand what had moved John to behave as he did .
11 She had not expected to see him so soon , as she returned to the dining rooms .
12 In much less detail is a list of acceptable products , a list which does not claim to be comprehensive but which included a number of medications I had not expected to see , when eventually found under headings which would generally mean more to the medic than to the layman .
13 To tell the truth , I had not expected to see you again . ’
14 He had not returned to see Taheb , partly out of pride , partly out of uncertainty .
15 She was glad Mam had n't lived to see another war .
16 ‘ Actually even if we had n't wanted to see each other again she would have got the flowers , ’ laughs Colin .
17 It was quite a busy week , going to the concerts and the theatre and visiting friends again , as well as seeing some we had n't managed to see earlier , such as Maria and Mike who 'd just had their second baby , and Robert ( Easting ) and Christine who had also just had a baby .
18 Yes well we save , we possibly saved that time , most of was was completely er occupied , so if we had n't have seen the fire , there could have been forty lives or forty families at risk there .
19 He had n't expected to see the girl on a racecourse so soon after Ascot .
20 Belinda , five , had n't expected to see Santa yesterday — but then her mother and father , Gill and Paul , had not expected to be celebrating at the hospital .
21 But she certainly had n't expected to see a selection of Penguin Classics .
22 I had n't expected to see you here this evening . ’
23 ‘ Because I never saw him before Monday and I have n't stopped seeing him since .
24 Er we have n't had to see anybody about that and he sent us a letter saying that he 'd like to see us and we went and he says it there might not be a second inquest .
25 nineteen eighty five and we can see the picture of it , or a drawing of it on page seventy , I have n't looked to see how many apartments there is
26 Well I said to him only last week , I said wonder where Trevor is these days , have n't seem to see him in here , but er
27 ‘ I have n't come to see them .
28 I have n't dared to see the doctor yet , in case it 's just my age or something .
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